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| 18.12.2008 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | CE 323/534 |
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18.12.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CE 323/534

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MINUTES

(2008/C 323 E/05)

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

IN THE CHAIR: Hans-Gert PÖTTERING

President

1.   Resumption of session

The sitting opened at 15.10.

2.   Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

3.   Membership of political groups

Dumitru Oprea, Nicolae Vlad Popa and Theodor Dumitru Stolojan had joined the PPE-DE Group with effect from 18.12.2007.

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The President congratulated Hungary, which had just ratified the Treaty of Lisbon by a large majority, and invited the parliaments of the other Member States to follow this example.

4.   Draft general budget for 2008, modified by the Council (all sections) (signature)

(signature)

The vote was held on 13.12.2007(Minutes of 13.12.2007, Item 6.1)

(Minutes of 13.12.2007, Item 6.1)

After inviting José Sócrates (President-in-Office of the Council), José Manuel Barroso (President of the Commission), Dalia Grybauskaitė (Member of the Commission), Reimer Böge (Chairman of the Committee on Budgets) and the rapporteurs, Kyösti Virrankoski and Ville Itälä, to join him, the President of Parliament signed the budget.

5.   Results of the European Council meeting of 13 and 14 December 2007 in Brussels — Report on the six months of the Portuguese Presidency (debate)

(debate)

Report on the European Council meeting and statement by the Commission: Results of the European Council meeting of 13 and 14 December 2007 in Brussels

Council and Commission statements: The six months of the Portuguese Presidency

José Sócrates (President-in-Office of the Council) reported on the European Council meeting and made a statement on the six months of the Portuguese Presidency.

José Manuel Barroso (President of the Commission) made a statement on the results of the European Council meeting and the six months of the Portuguese Presidency.

The following spoke: Joseph Daul, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, and Martin Schulz, on behalf of the PSE Group.

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The President announced that the State of New Jersey had abolished the death penalty and that he had sent a message to the Governor, Jon Corzine, to congratulate him on this decision.

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The following spoke: Graham Watson, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Brian Crowley, on behalf of the UEN Group, Monica Frassoni, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Nigel Farage, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Maciej Marian Giertych, Non-attached Member, Carlos Coelho, Edite Estrela, Lena Ek, Guntars Krasts, Mary Lou McDonald, Jens-Peter Bonde, who began by saying that he had presented his Group's apologies in writing concerning the behaviour of some of its members towards the ushers during the ceremony for signing the Charter of Fundamental Rights on 12 December (Minutes of 12.12.2007, Item 4), Hans-Peter Martin, Giles Chichester, Jo Leinen, Andrew Duff, Irena Belohorská, Avril Doyle, Józef Pinior, Cristina Gutiérrez-Cortines, José Sócrates and José Manuel Barroso.

(Minutes of 12.12.2007, Item 4)

The debate closed.

6.   Membership of committees and delegations

The President had received the following requests for appointments from the PPE-DE and PSE Groups:

| — | Committee on Culture and Education: Nicodim Bulzesc and Dumitru Oprea |
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Committee on Culture and Education: Nicodim Bulzesc and Dumitru Oprea

| — | Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe: Sorin Frunzăverde |
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Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe: Sorin Frunzăverde

| — | Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee: Titus Corlăţean to replace Cătălin-Ioan Nechifor |
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Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee: Titus Corlăţean to replace Cătălin-Ioan Nechifor

| — | Delegation for relations with Israel: Cătălin-Ioan Nechifor to replace Titus Corlăţean |
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Delegation for relations with Israel: Cătălin-Ioan Nechifor to replace Titus Corlăţean

| — | Delegation for relations with the United States: Nicodim Bulzesc |
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Delegation for relations with the United States: Nicodim Bulzesc

| — | Delegation for relations with Canada: Sebastian Valentin Bodu |
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Delegation for relations with Canada: Sebastian Valentin Bodu

The President established that there were no objections. The appointments were thereby ratified.

7.   Dates for next sittings

The next sittings would be held from 14.1.2008 to 17.1.2008.

8.   Adjournment of the session

The session of the European Parliament was adjourned.

The sitting closed at 17.10.

Harald Rømer

Secretary-General

Hans-Gert Pöttering

President

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ATTENDANCE REGISTER

The following signed:

Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Allister, Alvaro, Anastase, Andersson, Andrejevs, Andria, Andrikienė, Angelilli, Arnaoutakis, Ashworth, Assis, Attwooll, Aubert, Audy, Ayala Sender, Aylward, Badia i Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Batten, Bauer, Becsey, Belet, Belohorská, Berend, Berès, Berlato, Binev, Bobošíková, Bodu, Böge, Bonde, Booth, Borghezio, Borrell Fontelles, Boştinaru, Botopoulos, Bourlanges, Bourzai, Bowis, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Brunetta, Budreikaitė, Buitenweg, Bulfon, Bullmann, Bulzesc, Burke, Bushill-Matthews, Buşoi, Busquin, Calabuig Rull, Camre, Capoulas Santos, Cappato, Casaca, Cashman, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Catania, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Christensen, Claeys, Clark, Coelho, Cohn-Bendit, Corbett, Corda, Corlăţean, Cornillet, Cottigny, Coûteaux, Cramer, Gabriela Creţu, Crowley, Daul, Davies, de Brún, De Keyser, Demetriou, Deprez, De Rossa, Descamps, Deß, De Veyrac, De Vits, Dillen, Dimitrakopoulos, Dobolyi, Dombrovskis, Dover, Doyle, Duff, Duka-Zólyomi, Dumitriu, Ek, Esteves, Estrela, Farage, Fatuzzo, Fazakas, Ferber, Fernandes, Elisa Ferreira, Figueiredo, Filip, Flasarová, Florenz, Foglietta, Fontaine, Fourtou, Fraga Estévez, França, Frassoni, Friedrich, Frunzăverde, Gahler, Gaľa, Garcés Ramón, García Pérez, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gentvilas, Georgiou, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Giertych, Gklavakis, Golik, Gollnisch, Gomes, Gomolka, Gottardi, Grabowska, Graça Moura, Groote, Grosch, Grossetête, Gruber, Guardans Cambó, Guellec, Guidoni, Gurmai, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hammerstein, Handzlik, Harangozó, Harbour, Harkin, Hasse Ferreira, Hassi, Haug, Hedh, Hegyi, Hénin, Herczog, Hökmark, Hughes, Hutchinson, Hyusmenova, Ibrisagic, Iotova, Isler Béguin, Itälä, Jacobs, Janowski, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jeleva, Jöns, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kaufmann, Kazak, Tunne Kelam, Kindermann, Kirilov, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Koch, Koppa, Koterec, Kozlík, Krasts, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Krupa, Kuc, Kuhne, Kusstatscher, Lambrinidis, Landsbergis, Lang, De Lange, Langen, Lauk, Lax, Lebech, Lefrançois, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lewandowski, Liberadzki, Liotard, Louis, Lulling, Lundgren, Lynne, Lyubcheva, McAvan, McDonald, McMillan-Scott, Madeira, Maldeikis, Manders, Maňka, Erika Mann, Thomas Mann, Marinescu, Marques, David Martin, Hans-Peter Martin, Martinez, Martínez Martínez, Masiel, Maštálka, Mathieu, Matsakis, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Medina Ortega, Meijer, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mladenov, Mohácsi, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Morgantini, Morin, Mulder, Musacchio, Muscardini, Nassauer, Nechifor, Newton Dunn, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Niculescu, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Olbrycht, Ó Neachtain, Onesta, Onyszkiewicz, Oviir, Paasilinna, Pack, Paleckis, Panayotov, Papastamkos, Paşcu, Pęk, Petre, Pflüger, Piecyk, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pinior, Pittella, Pleštinská, Plumb, Podimata, Pöttering, Pohjamo, Pomés Ruiz, Nicolae Vlad Popa, Pribetich, Vittorio Prodi, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Rack, Radwan, Ransdorf, Rapkay, Remek, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Riis-Jørgensen, Rivera, Rocard, Rogalski, Roithová, Rosati, Rothe, Roure, Rovsing, Rübig, Rühle, Rutowicz, Sacconi, Saïfi, Sakalas, Saks, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Saryusz-Wolski, Savi, Sbarbati, Schaldemose, Schenardi, Schinas, Schlyter, Frithjof Schmidt, Olle Schmidt, Schmitt, Schuth, Schwab, Segelström, Seppänen, Severin, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Sinnott, Siwiec, Skinner, Sógor, Sommer, Sonik, Sornosa Martínez, Spautz, Staes, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Šťastný, Stauner, Sterckx, Stevenson, Stihler, Stockmann, Stolojan, Stoyanov, Stubb, Sudre, Susta, Svensson, Swoboda, Szent-Iványi, Tajani, Takkula, Tannock, Tarand, Tatarella, Ţicău, Titley, Toia, Tomaszewska, Tomczak, Toussas, Trakatellis, Trautmann, Triantaphyllides, Tzampazi, Vaidere, Vakalis, Vălean, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vaugrenard, Veneto, Ventre, Vergnaud, Vigenin, Virrankoski, Visser, Vlasto, Wagenknecht, Watson, Henri Weber, Manfred Weber, Renate Weber, Wieland, Wiersma, Willmott, Iuliu Winkler, Wise, Bernard Wojciechowski, Wortmann-Kool, Wurtz, Yáñez-Barnuevo García, Záborská, Zaleski, Zapałowski, Zappalà, Ždanoka, Zdravkova, Zimmer, Zlotea, Zwiefka

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